Review of Educational Research on Views about Potential Policies for the Mitigation of the Effects of Interaction between Electromagnetic Radiation and Matter in the Earth’s Atmosphere
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Apr 18, 2026
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Electromagnetic radiation-matter interactions Environmental mitigation actions/policies Systematic literature review
Abstract
The paper presents the results of a systematic literature review on the understanding of the interactions between electromagnetic radiation and matter relevant to atmospheric issues involving a wide age range of participants. In this review, 106 articles from the relevant research literature of Science Education were organized into 3 categories based on their content. We focused on one category, related to participants’ views on possible environmental actions for mitigating the consequences of the interaction between radiation and matter in the atmosphere. We discuss implication of this review for science education.
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